Sentences with phrase «pelagic sea»

Pelagic sea creatures do not frequent this area but there is plenty of macro life and cool caverns to explore at Madonna Rock.

Pelagic sea life among the submerged pinnacles is especially abundant between 60 and 90 feet.

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Like other pelagic fishes (those that live in the open sea or in surface waters), many sharks travel far and wide.

Other beneficiaries include fish as ecosystems shift from a benthic focus (sea floor) to a pelagic one (water column).

Blanket octopuses are pelagic, never touching the sea floor, Norman explains, which makes it hard for males to find females in the open ocean.

We thank the Norwegian Research Council for awarding funding to A.K. Sweetman, L.A. Levin, A.R. Thurber and C.R. Smith to run the workshop «CLIDEEP — Workshop to explore the impacts of climate change on deep - sea pelagic and benthic ecosystems» (NFR grant No. 216598) at Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, where the foundations for this paper were laid.

Phytoplankton production and light response; analytical and numerical modeling of primary production and pelagic ecosystems; bio-optical oceanography; phytoplankton physiology; carbon dioxide flux at the air / sea interface.

«The Government's proposal to ban pelagic longlines — kilometer long fishing lines with hundreds of hooks — across two thirds of the Coral Sea Park is an important step forward.

We need relatively calm seas (e.g, < 10 - 15 kt winds and < 3 - 4 ft seas) and if you check out the offshore actual weather and forecasts for the outer waters where we hope to work with beaked whales and other pelagic -LSB-...]

Combines the walls and pelagics of the Coral Sea with the fantastic biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef.

More than 3,000 species of sea creatures have been observed in the warm tropical waters around the island: When you're diving at Sipadan it's not a question of whether you'll see large pelagic species like manta rays, sea turtles, barracuda and sharks, but how many.

Further, the Lombok Sea attracts reef sharks as well as other pelagics such as tuna and trevallies.

The diversity of marine life is exceptional and Bali provides one of the few opportunities for divers to see the mighty mola (oceanic sunfish — mola ramsayi) manta rays and other large pelagics — but diving in Bali is not only for «big fish» enthusiasts, macro divers have a selection of treats awaiting them too — the pygmy sea horse, frogfishes, ghost pipe fish and a plethora of nudibranch species to name but a few can all be found on Bali's fringing coral reefs.

Our snorkeling outings take us to the edges of drop - offs and walls where we may see pelagic species such as dolphins, tarpons, sea turtles, spotted eagle rays, and more.

Gray Whales, Northern Elephant Seals, Harbor Seals, Sea Lions, Stellar Sea Lions, Black Oystercatchers, Great Blue Herons, and Pelagic Cormorants can all be viewed here.

The crystal clear, warm water offer a huge variety of sea life with something for everybody from plenty of macro life to the big schools and pelagics.

The drop - off diving on the Coral Sea has 30 metre plus visibility with large pelagics and beautiful fan corals.

It is during this time that the seas are calmest, the visibility is spectacular, and there are congregations of large pelagic's.

Surin Islands and Richelieu Rock - Referred to as «Surin» this area just to the north of the Similan Islands has grown to include the actual Surin National Marine Park, Koh Bon Island, Koh Tachai Island and World famous Richelieu Rock.More remote than the Similan Islands and less visited, these dive sites are equally as impressive and offer the opportunity to encounter some of largest pelagic's of the Andaman Sea.

[69] In 2011, presences of gray whales were acoustically detected among pelagic waters in East China Sea between Chinese and Japanese waters.

Scripps's murrelet feeds at sea (but on average not as far from land as Guadalupe murrelet), often in association with large pelagic predatory fish like tuna, on larval fish like anchovies, sardines and Sebastes rockfish.

It is during this time that the seas are calm, the visibility is spectacular, and the large pelagic's, Whale Sharks and Manta Rays, are making their annual migrations.

More remote than the Similan Islands and less visited, these dive sites are equally as impressive and offer the opportunity to encounter some of largest pelagic's of the Andaman Sea.

Large Groupers and Napolen Wrasse often frequent these seas as well as other large pelagics.

Between its warm tropical waters, fantastic sea walls covered in corals, drop - offs boasting of a variety of animals, and a plethora of large pelagics and sharks, it is no wonder people flock here every year to enjoy some of the best diving in the world.

As always at Big Brother, half an eye should be kept on the blue for passing pelagics but this part of the island boasts perhaps the prettiest section of reef, at this, one of the Red Sea's most famed dive sites.

The wrecks act as magnets and home for sea life and are usually the best dive sites for spotting Hawaiian Stingray, Eagle rays, White tip Reef Sharks and pelagic fish.

At times, we release young California sea lions that have become accustomed to human contact and northern fur seals that are pelagic, out near the Farallon Islands via boat.

Most of the large marine life is found more frequently along the eastern part of this dive site, as the large pelagics venture in from the open sea to the east.

The crystal clear, warm water offers a huge variety of sea life with something for everybody from plenty of macro life to the big schools and pelagic.

Here, walls and reefs are overgrown with forests of multi-hued soft corals, and frequented by pelagics such as mantas, sea turtles and sharks.

Also keep an eye on the deep parts of the reef below you, and on the open sea, for large pelagics, such as eagle rays and huge groupers or jewfish.

Because of the remote location and depths exceeding 70 meters or more this island is a virtual magnet for a variety of big pelagics cruising the open seas.

These are termed Pelagic birds due to spending most of their time at sea.

Once called «The worlds» aquarium» by dive pioneer Jacques Cousteau, the Sea of Cortez still maintains an attraction for those who want to encounter the large pelagic species that frequent these waters.

This oceanic island is surrounded by shear walls of soft coral home to myriad of marine life and attracting large pelagic creatures such as green sea - turtles and immense schools of barracudas.

Activities include pelagic adventure tours, Whale & Sea bird watching and Game Fishing.

There is also a great spread of sites, from dives with the small and bizarre in the caves system of Misool Island to the big pelagics in the Banda Sea.

Known for its large pelagics and excellent visibility, Australia's Coral Sea is a pristine area delivering diving memories to last a lifetime!

The waters of the western Caribbean are home to a fantastic spectrum of game - fish, including light tackle quarry like grouper, barracuda, snapper, jacks, kingfish and sharks as well as deep - sea pelagic species like sailfish, white marlin, dorado, tuna, swordfish, wahoo and blue marlin.

Blue whales are typically pelagic (deep ocean) animals, so the Sea of Cortez offers a rare opportunity for humans to glimpse them.

Aside from whale watching and pelagic birding trips, Oz Whale Watching offers guided tours around Sydney National Harbour, including snorkelling at Shelley Beach to try and spot blue groper, dusky butterflyfish, black rock cod, wobbegongs, cuttlefish, potbelly seahorses and weedy sea dragons.

Further out to sea where the continental shelf drops off, the region is one of Australia's best pelagic birding sites, with an abundance of albatross across winter months, shearwaters in summer months, with petrels, gannets, skuas, terns and gulls also present.

The sea creatures have been reported to see are Reef Sharks, Manta Rays and other big pelagic, surely variety of tropical reef fishes.

Ample sea life's and pelagics.

The extending reef ridges are the outmost tips of Bali; spreading out from Garden Eels on the steep slope to the maximum depth of 35 meters is gorgeous and healthy reef with variety of macro sea life and large pelagic fish.

Like any other drift dive it allows to meet big pelagic, sharks, some time mantas, and any other natural inhabitant of this sea.

The wrecks act as magnets, becoming home to all kinds of sea life and are usually the best dive sites for spotting Hawaiian Stingray, Eagle Rays, White Tip Reef Sharks, and Pelagic fish.

Sunfish, sharks and other large pelagics are best spotted between June and September which is also the time when seas might be both disturbed and enriched by the monsoon winds.

Here you can see gardens of sea fans and vibrant coral as well as pelagic giants like barracuda, wahoo and the occasional manta or whale shark.